Finding your way around Sami building culture and architecture can pose a challenge, seeing as the source material is partly inaccessible and spread over a wide geographical area. This book is an introduction and a guide to in-depth study on the subject – in three languages; Northern Sami, Norwegian, and English.
In October 2021, The National Museum opened an exhibition with architect and artist Joar Nango's nomadic library of architecture, Girjegumpi. During the opening weekend, the museum hosted a seminar on Sami architecture, and this book is based on that seminar. Here, you can read more about Nango's Girjegumpi, Sami building customs, the treatment of Sami culture in Norwegian architectural history, how the post-World War Two Reconstruction of Northern Norway and the Norwegianization of the Sami people went hand in hand, the kjempelávvu phenomenon, and on top of that, you can get an overview of Sami architecture on the Norwegian side of Sápmi.
- Language: Northern Sami, Norwegian, and English
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 208
- Size: 21 x 28 cm / 8.26 x 11 inches
- Weight: 793 g / 1.74 lbs
- Author: Bente Aass Solbakken (Ed.)
- Published: 2022
- Publisher: Orkana / The National Museum
- ISBN: 9788281541474
